Next Generation
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Four eggs so small
Soon more birdcall
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(A For-Get-Me-Not Poem)
Month: May 2018
May 30
Forget-Me-Nots
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Forget-Me-Nots
Delicate confetti
Covering green carpet in dots
Cheerful flowers
Bright spots.
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(A Pentastich Poem)
May 29
Home Sweet Home
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Carolina wrens made a nest
Decided a tin can is best
To raise their brood
Now a bird house, not a tool shed
A place for songbirds to rest their heads
I provide food
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Nest made of needles, leaves and moss
Tucked in next to the semi-gloss
Speckled eggs rest
Building’s been there less than a year
And these birds made it very clear
This shed is best.
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(A Rime Couee Poem)
May 28
Happily Never After
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Reflecting on the dreams of many years ago
When we were young and still evolving
Love was uncomplicated, life was slow
Around ourselves the world was revolving
As we grew our relationship was dissolving
I know who I am now, what I treasure
And having this new life is a pleasure.
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(A Rime Royal)
May 27
Trifolium pratense
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Improves the soil wherever it grows
Why call it a weed, I’ll never know
Lots of food for pollinating bees
Rabbits find it a delicacy
It is Vermont’s state flower
And known for its healing power
Great for butterflies, red clover.
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(A Septet Poem)
May 26
Liriodendron tulipifera
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The branches terminate gloriously
In flowers displaying magnificent
Shape, hidden overhead apically
Where winged wildlife investigate
Them, until descending elegantly
To forests’ humusy terra firma
Where humans finally appreciate.
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(A Ropalic Poem)
May 25
Clematis
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One day the vine’s all green leaves and promise
Next day a solo flower opens wide
This year’s display I sure don’t want to miss
Each time I think to I observe wide-eyed
In a blink becomes stunningly adorned
Palm-sized flowers cover plant in masses
Those fuzzy green buds will never be mourned
If you can’t see beauty you need glasses
Counts among botanical badasses
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(A Novelinee Poem)
